What the records say
- When
- 30 May 1981
- Kind
- Assassination
- Coordinates
- 22.35° N, 91.82° E
- Description
- 1981 Assassination of President of Bangladesh
Assassination of Ziaur Rahman
1981 murder of former president of Bangladesh
Ziaur Rahman, the sixth president of Bangladesh, was assassinated by members of the Bangladesh Army on 30 May 1981 in the southeastern port city of Chittagong. Rahman went to Chittagong to arbitrate in a clash between the local leaders of his political party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
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